Rebels basketball keeps winning

Last year, the Narragansett Warriors were beating the Rutland Rebels by six points with less than four minutes remaining. The Rebels were able to come back and steal a threepoint victory. This season, the Rebels stormed off to a 42-15 halftime lead and finished off the Warriors with a 64-26 victory Dec. 13 in Templeton.

After a slow start, the Rebel press put it in high gear and quickly jumped on ’Gansett. Throughout the first half, the Warriors were unable to break or solve the Rebels defensive press. The Rebels finished the game with three players scoring in double figures. Blake McNamara and Will Roberts each had 14 points, while Cory Kilcoyne added 10.

McNamara scored 10 of those points in the first half, opening the game with a three-point missile. McNamara played an outstanding game. Kilcoyne’s participation was relentless as he also took charge of the Rebel defensive press. Roberts, as he did in the team’s previous game, recorded double digits in rebounds and finished the game with a double double.

Dan Sullivan also played very well at both ends of the floor, while Brett Andrews played a solid game as swingman and running the point. The 4-0 Rebels — the 2008-09 league champions — began a five-game homestand at Central Tree Middle School last weekend against Groton-Dunstable.